Goals

Goals are so important in life. Without a goal, one could be just living life according to the wimps and fancies of others. Some people set goals and achieve them, many don't. Yet, there are some who cannot even begin to think how can another don't have any goals in life.

Well, setting goals gives us clarity, it gives us purpose, and most importantly, it sets us along a path where there is hope, future, and better livelihood.

Setting goals is simple. It's working on those goals despite that's difficult. Previously we talked about the 5 WHYS one must establish in order for goals to even stand a chance of being accomplished.

Today, we'll talk about goals, and how to set them. You most probably have heard of SMART goals. Previously we talked about the 9 areas; it must be BIG, it must be aligned to your PURPOSE (quick, if you don't have one, check FranklinCovey's site for a tool to help you draft one), it must be WORTHWHILE (else, why bother), it must be MEASUREABLE (or you wouldn't know even if you've achieved it), you need to know WHEN when you want to achieve it (not someday, maybe), it must be within your CONTROL, what about ECOLOGICAL (not at the cost of your family), what RESOURCES you'd need, and what are the ACTIONS you'd take.

That said, if we have a goal set in that manner, it again increases our chances of achieving it.

Our follow-up discussions from here will center around the ideas of how we can achieve that goal, then identify the follow-through plans to work on those ideas, then break down these plans into workable, next-actionable tasks we can do on a day-to-day basis.

Sounds fun? Then, let's rock and roll!

Respectfully yours,
Melvyn Tan
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